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. 2020 Mar 25;10:5435. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61073-4

Table 2.

Means of outcome variables for all tests.

Test Behaviour Measure Vehicle L-368,899
Adult social preference Locomotion Distance (cm/min) 528 ± 19 496 ± 20
Velocity (cm/s) 9.1 ± 0.3 5.6 ± 0.3
Social behaviour Social zone duration (s/min) 45.9 ± 2.3 34.5 ± 2.4
Distance to shoal (cm) 11.0 ± 1.8 19.7 ± 1.9
Adult shoaling Locomotion Distance (cm/min) 207 ± 15 186 ± 17
Velocity (cm/s) 3.6 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.3
Social behaviour Interfish distance (cm) 5.9 ± 0.3 6.7 ± 0.2
Nearest neighbour distance (cm) 3.3 ± 0.2 3.7 ± 0.1
Furthest neighbour distance (cm) 8.7 ± 0.5 9.8 ± 0.2
Adult novel tank diving Locomotion Distance (cm/min) 186 ± 11 174 ± 14
Velocity (cm/s) 3.1 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.2
Anxiety behaviour Distance to bottom (cm) 2.7 ± 0.4 3.1 ± 0.4
Latency to top zone (s) 327 ± 58 387 ± 81
Duration in top zone (s/min) 7.0 ± 2.4 8.8 ± 2.4
Larvae social preference Locomotion (AC) Distance (cm/min) 249 ± 12 265 ± 14
Velocity (cm/s) 0.28 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.02
Social behaviour Social Preference Index (AC) 0.06 ± 0.04 0.00 ± 0.05
Social Preference Index (SC) 0.18 ± 0.05 0.01 ± 0.06

All values are means ± standard error of the mean. AC: acclimation phase. SC: social cue phase.